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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Jeanette mentions that everyone liked her father, she says he had been quiet, but what?
(a) Nice.
(b) Forceful.
(c) Compliant.
(d) Accommodating.

2. What is the process of birthing called in the community?
(a) The Duty.
(b) The Task.
(c) The Blessed Event.
(d) The Happening.

3. For what reason does Claire decide not to try to take her son out of the Nurturing Center during her second visit?
(a) She knows she would be exiled for her actions.
(b) She notices he has a security bracelet on his ankle.
(c) She knows she would be killed for her actions.
(d) She does not want to alarm the male Nurturer.

4. The boat worker tells Claire that the boat on which they travel is special due to what quality?
(a) It can generate its own drinking water.
(b) It can sail in either the river or the sea.
(c) Its maintenance is being subsidized by the government.
(d) It can go twice as fast as other boats.

5. Where does Claire's son sleep when the male Nurturer takes him home at night?
(a) On the patio.
(b) In the room of the male Nurturer and his wife.
(c) In the room of the male Nurturer's son.
(d) In the bathtub.

6. What keeps Claire from asking the boat worker the questions she would like to ask him about Elsewhere?
(a) She thinks that asking such questions is probably against the rules of the community.
(b) She thinks that asking such questions will make him think she is flirting with him.
(c) She thinks that asking such is probably against the rules of the boat workers' union.
(d) She thinks that asking such questions is rude.

7. How does the male Nurturer find out the name of Claire's son?
(a) He writes to the Records Office.
(b) He asks Claire her son's name.
(c) He uses a magnifying class to examine the infant's name tattoo.
(d) He sneaks into the office and looks at the records.

8. Why are the Vessels given blindfolds as they go into labor?
(a) So they do not see their Products.
(b) So they will not see their own anatomy.
(c) So they can meditate throughout the birth.
(d) So they will not see the faces of the midwives.

9. What task does Marie perform on the boat?
(a) Maid.
(b) Cook.
(c) Deckhand.
(d) Captain.

10. A community citizen is given his or her own dwelling only after what event occurs?
(a) Assignment of a spouse.
(b) Assignment of a job.
(c) Assignment of a Newchild.
(d) Assignment of a gender.

11. When Jonas is skipped during the Twelves's part of the ceremony, the Chief Elder announces that Jonas is not being assigned, but is instead being what?
(a) Picked.
(b) Chosen.
(c) Selected.
(d) Plucked.

12. What is a behavior that Claire's son does NOT display during naptime at the Nurturing Center?
(a) Sucking his thumb.
(b) Holding his breath.
(c) Shrieking.
(d) Kicking.

13. When Claire is at lunch and is surprised at her table mate's comment that going into labor causes pain, what word does she tell her table mate had been used within her instruction instead?
(a) Tingling.
(b) Cramping.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Unease.

14. Why do the children in the schoolyard gaze curiously at Claire when she is on her way to the Fish Hatchery?
(a) She is riding a tandem bicycle with no one in the second seat.
(b) She is riding a scooter and everyone else drives cars.
(c) She is walking and everyone else rides bicycles.
(d) She is riding a bicycle and everyone else walks.

15. How many weeks pass between the birth of Claire's Product and the announcement that she has been decertified?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Claire decides that if someone in authority tries to force her to take pills, she will do what before she gives up the love she feels for her son?

2. What class had Claire and Sophia been in together at school?

3. What reason does Sophia give Claire for the Nurturing Center staff not wearing nametags?

4. Though Claire had never volunteered at the Nurturing Center, where had she spent most of her required volunteer time as a child?

5. What is the reason that the boat workers are forced to wait one full day after the boat's arrival in order to unload the community's supplies?

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